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Podcasting – The World is your Audience - Susan Van Gelder , Educational Consultant, LEARN.

“It teaches students to do research, to communicate in print, to speak effectively and grab attention with sound."

“What makes podcasts better, educators say, is that they are easier to edit than splicing a tape because they are recorded digitally on them and have them automatically downloaded to their computers when a new installment is posted”.

How to Podcast

Process

• storyboarding
• practicing
• recording
• audio editing and enhancing

Learn more about podcasts and their use in the classroom to engage students by visiting the following sites.

References

Articles

• ipods fast becoming a new teacher's pet
• Classroom Audio Podcasting

Where to go for help

• ICT Leaders
• Apple seminars
• Garageband support
• Creating your own podcast
• Audacity Tutorial for Podcasters
• www.loudlit.org/collection.htm

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